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Chapter 21 Have We Met Before?

Xu Chengteng stood up from his seat: "Where is it?"

"Just downstairs where I live, it seems to be another company's dormitory. I saw a girl go in with that picture."

Annie's tone was nervous and uneasy: "You said that the person who hypnotized me might be nearby, should I call the police first?"

"Don't be impulsive, where are you, I'll go there right away."

"I'm at the intersection in front of the dormitory building."

"Don't hang up, keep talking."

Xu Cheng put down his phone, Qi Minghui asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

When Xu Cheng explained the situation, he also stood up excitedly.

It was thought that the murderer had quietly left York City, but unexpectedly appeared again.

"Brother Cheng, we..."

"Don't be too happy."

Xu Cheng was not so excited. He covered the phone with his hand and poured cold water on Qi Minghui: "This may be a trap aimed at us."

They have been making trouble with great fanfare in the past two days, sending out small essays everywhere. The murderer didn't come to deal with them, but ran to find new targets. Is this possible?
Unless the murderer is a person who doesn't know what's going on outside the window, but judging from his past experience, he has a very cautious personality and is extremely sensitive to the wind and grass.

Qi Minghui also calmed down, and said in a deep voice, "But we have to go."

Xu Cheng nodded.

That's true. Originally, they wrote small essays everywhere, just to force the murderer out and find out his identity.

Now that the murderer appeared, even if it was a trap, they couldn't miss this opportunity.

"It's still different to go directly and prepare for it."

Xu Cheng began to rummage through the things he brought, and quickly found two pieces of clothing and a stack of thin steel plates, and threw one of the clothes to Qi Minghui: "Put it on."

"This is……"

Qi Minghui stared at the clothes with pockets sewn in his hands, and was stunned.

"Do you think I've been busy trolling people online these two days?"

Xu Cheng took off his coat, put on the sewn clothes, and stuffed the thin steel plates into his pockets one by one. There were four big pieces on the chest and back, and four small pieces on the shoulders and arms.

This is the Syrian war-damaged stab-proof suit that he specially made after learning the lesson of being backstabbed when he first crossed.

Although it affects the action somewhat, the defense is not bad.

Qi Minghui immediately understood the purpose of the stab-proof suit, and couldn't help giving Xu Cheng a thumbs up.

This is really a sparrow pecking at the cow's butt - sparrow food is awesome.

In addition to the stab-proof suit, Xu Cheng also made other simple weapons and brought them all.

The two left the hotel after making sufficient preparations.

In order to save time, instead of riding a tandem bicycle this time, they took the extravagance and called a taxi.

Stimulated by the extra money, the driver drove the taxi out of the speed of the train, and drove from the lower city to the upper city in less than half an hour.

Both Xu Cheng and Qi Minghui got out of the car with support, their legs were trembling, they looked at each other, and they both let out a long breath, their hearts filled with the joy of being alive after the catastrophe.

On the way, they almost thought that this train was bound for heaven.

After recovering, Xu Cheng picked up his phone and asked, "We've arrived, where are you?"

The call with Annie did not hang up, and she kept urging her along the way.

"Are you here? Why didn't I see... oh, I did."

It was already dark, and the street lamps on both sides had already emitted bright light, but there were still large shadows left by the green belt on the roadside.

Annie poked her head behind a tree, looking furtive, and ran out confidently after seeing Xu Cheng.

"Why are you here so late, I'm almost falling asleep."

While complaining, she ran up to Xu Cheng in small steps. The stalwart mountain peak in front of her chest kept shaking, and Qi Minghui's eyes were almost straightened.

Annie glanced at Qi Minghui, immediately hugged her chest with both hands, and said in disgust, "What are you looking at, who are you?"

"Sorry, my name is Qi Minghui."

Qi Minghui showed an embarrassed expression, glanced at Annie a few times, and couldn't help but ask: "Beauty, have we met somewhere?"

"Little boy, this old fashioned way of striking up a conversation is no longer popular."

Annie sneered, and turned to look at Xu Cheng: "Where did you find this hair?"

Xu Cheng ignored her teasing: "Where did you see the person holding the one-eyed picture, and where did he go?"

Annie remembered Xu Cheng's rude attitude towards her in the toilet of the city that never sleeps, so she also restrained her smile, and raised her finger to the distance: "It's in the building where I live."

The street lights couldn't reach the heights, and the tall and straight buildings emerged as vague outlines in the night.

Annie had already made it clear on her mobile phone that she returned to the dormitory building after get off work tonight, and just as she was about to get on the elevator, she happened to meet a young girl who followed her into the elevator.

The girl held the one-eyed picture that Xu Cheng had shown her in her hand, staring at it like a hysteria.

Annie was frightened at the time, and immediately ran out of the dormitory building after the girl left, and called Xu Cheng immediately.

Xu Cheng asked, "What does that girl look like? Do you know her?"

Annie briefly described the girl's appearance, and recalled: "It seems to be an intern in our company downstairs."

After hearing what Annie said, Xu Cheng's expression suddenly changed.

Jiang Qiuyue, how could it be her?
Did the murderer specifically target people around me?
No, Jiang Qiuyue and I can only be regarded as acquaintances at best, if you want to hurt people around me, you should also find Xu Yao.

"How about we call the police?"

Seeing that Xu Cheng was silent, Annie suggested, "Didn't you say that the person who killed Lin Yixue did it through that picture? We call the police now, maybe we can save that girl's life!"

Xu Cheng shook his head slowly. He didn't have any hope for the sheriff of York City. Let alone whether they would call the police, Jiang Qiuyue would probably be cold when they arrived late.

"It's okay to call the police, but not now."

He said to Annie: "Let's go in first, and if you don't come out in half an hour, call the police again."

Annie nodded, and said, "I thought you would let me go in with you."

Xu Cheng asked back, "Then are you willing?"

Annie shook her head quickly, even if she was killed, she would not follow.

Xu Cheng also didn't want to be a burden. If she had a problem, it would be a ticking time bomb by her side, so she might as well throw it away.

"Find a safe place and wait."

After exhorting, Xu Cheng and Qi Minghui looked at each other, turned around and walked towards the building together.

Annie watched the two enter the building, looked left and right, and then hid under the side tree.

The building was very quiet. Although the lights were bright, there was no one there. Only the footsteps of Xu Cheng and Qi Minghui could be heard in the empty corridor.

The two entered the elevator, Xu Cheng reached out and pressed the button for the 8th floor, and looked up at the beating numbers together with Qi Minghui.

The 8th floor is the company dormitory floor where Jiang Qiuyue lives.

"After going up, you walk behind me."

Amidst the slight shaking of the elevator, Xu Cheng suddenly spoke.

Qi Minghui turned his head to look at him in surprise, and was suddenly moved in his heart, shaking his head and asking: "How embarrassing..."

Xu Cheng nodded and said, "Then you go ahead."

Qi Minghui: "..."

Come on bro, I'm just being polite.

In the end, it was Xu Cheng who came forward, not because he was trying to be brave, but because he had the ability to hallucinate, and he had been attacked several times, so he was better than Qi Minghui in all aspects.

If Qi Minghui was allowed to go ahead, he might have sent it without reacting when he was suddenly attacked.

Arriving at the eighth floor soon, Xu Cheng felt that Qi Minghui beside him took a deep breath and began to get nervous.

(End of this chapter)